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Perryisms

In: Inside NewSpring

Today, Perry addressed the question: “Is it OK for Christians to drink alcohol?” His answer may surprise you, and it will probably make a lot of you mad. I recommend you watch the entire message when it’s available on www.NewSpring.cc later this week. Here are some of the lines from his message that grabbed my [...]

Perryisms

In: Inside NewSpring

Here are some of the lines from Perry’s message last Sunday that caught my attention:

“We’ve made knowing God’s will way too difficult.”
“You will never know the will of God apart from the Word of God.”
“He made us on purpose, and he has a plan for our lives.”
“No one is praying ‘give me more to do.’ [...]

Want to be a NewSpring Intern?

In: Inside NewSpring

We’re looking for fun, college students (even if you don’t attend Clemson) that are sold out to the vision of NewSpring and want the opportunity to see what ministry life is really like. The deadline to turn in an application for our Fall internship program has been extended to next Wednesday, August 6. Applications should [...]

Greenville Campus Video Update

In: Inside NewSpring

I love being part of a team that helps make a vision become reality.
NewSpring_Greenville_Open from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.

Here’s the deal. My team and I are getting bombarded with questions about multi-site.  We wish we could respond to all of them immediately, but, truthfully, we’re still trying to figure it out as we go. So, here’s where you can start:

Use the “Search” function. My good friends at Updatable.cc designed a search function for [...]

Perryisms

In: Inside NewSpring

Here were some of the lines that caught my attention yesterday from Perry’s message in the You Asked for It series:

“I’d rather lose my wallet in a knife fight than have to go to the DMV to get a new license.”
“Can a Christian lose their salvation? Heck no!”
“We don’t fall into sin. Sin is a [...]

Every Life Counts

In: Inside NewSpring

Yesterday, I received a message from Matt, a pastor in Oklahoma City. Matt’s mom (we’ll call her “Mom”) lives in Greenville, South Carolina. As you know, NewSpring opened up a campus in Greenville last Sunday.
Matt explained that Mom is older than him. (Don’t think about that too long.) He even mentioned Mom’s specific age in [...]

Every Moment Counts

In: Inside NewSpring

Earlier this week, I mentioned we had a gentleman visit our services this past weekend who had not attended church in over 30 years. Turns out there’s more to the story.
One of our volunteers, let’s call him Dan, greeted him and welcomed him to NewSpring. When Dan learned it had been some time since the [...]

And, now he’s joined the effort to find the man or woman who is called to ministry and is ready to become our IT Director. Here’s Perry’s take on things. As you can see, he understands the value of technology to reach people for Jesus. I can assure you, we’re not messing around. We have [...]

I can assure you that we have been taking time to celebrate what God is up to in Greenville and Anderson in recent days, but we really don’t have time to pause. Last night, I was on the phone with a couple of guys from our team talking about preparations for our next campus in [...]


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  • Coaching Network for Ministry Leaders & Strategists
    Next gathering in Greenville, SC on December 12

    ChurchPlanters.com Conference
    Teaching breakout session in Cumming, GA on February 23-24, 2009

    Unleash Conference 2009
    Teaching breakout session in Greenville, SC on March 12, 2009

    Catalyst West Conference
    Listening to Perry in Irvine, CA on April 22-24, 2009